Medical Ethics Panel Discussion in Mullins

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A panel of professionals in medicine will discuss medical ethics as it relates to Hippocrates of Kos’s Presagiorum Libri at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 13, in the Helen Robson Walton Reading Room of Mullins Library.

Hippocrates of Kos was an ancient Greek physician whose lasting contributions include the Hippocratic Oath and the establishment of medicine as a field separate from philosophy and superstition. He is regarded as the father of western medicine.

A 1512 edition of Hippocrates’s Presagiorum Libri, which means Books of Prognostics, is included in an exhibit of rare books and materials from the Remnant Trust in Mullins Library through Monday, May 12. The University Libraries, the Division of Student Affairs and the School of Social Work are hosting the Wisdom of the Ages Athenaeum exhibit, which represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for visitors to view extremely rare materials.

The panel discussion about Hippocrates and his writing will include Neil Allison, Liebolt Chair of Premedical Sciences, University of Arkansas; Pegge Bell, director of the Eleanor Mann School of Nursing; Bart Hammig, head of the health, human performance and recreation department; Marcia Shobe, director of the School of Social Work, University of Arkansas; and Mark Thomas, M.D., medical director, clinic medical affairs and palliative care, Washington Regional Medical Center. The discussion will be moderated by Fran Hagstrom, assistant dean of health professions in the College of Education and Health Professions, University of Arkansas.

The Remnant Trust in Winona Lake, Ind., is a place where everyone – from scholars to school-age children – can handle, read, and learn from the wisdom contained in their extensive collection of rare materials representing ideas that span over 2,500 years. Segments of the collection are loaned to universities, colleges, secondary schools, and other venues to host multidisciplinary exhibits.